NEW MAP: Sub-Saharan Africa 1901: Lake Chad Rendezvous (23 Aug 1901) https://omniatlas.com/maps/safrica/19010823/ In 1899 the Nubian warlord Rabih az-Zubayr had antagonized the French by hanging one of their explorers. After Rabih destroyed their punitive expedition, the French sent three columns—one from each of their main African bases (Congo, Algeria, and Senegal)—against his empire around Lake Chad. This time the French were successful: linking up their African empire, killing Rabih, and chasing his son, Fadl-Allah, across the German-claimed north of Kamerun into British-claimed Northern Nigeria. #safrica #history #welovemaps #map #1900s #1901 #africa #africanhistory #august #august23 #cameroon #chad #france #northernnigeria #frenchempire #colonialism #lakechad #rabih #somalia #southafrica #subsaharanafrica #boerwar #britishempire #germanempire #maps #war #imperialism #rabah #borno #bornu #sokoto #colonialism (at N'Djamena, Chad)
